Jamba Juice Power or The Whole Pregnancy Handbook

Jamba Juice Power

Author: Kirk Perron

Jamba, from the African word "jama," meaning to celebrate, is the philosophy of Jamba Juice, a nationally known chain of smoothie and juice stores. Reasons to celebrate include good health, happiness, and of course, delicious, nutritious, all-natural energizing smoothies.

In Jamba Juice Power Jamba Juice founder Kirk Perron shares dozens of his easy-to-prepare smoothie recipes (a blender is the only equipment required), his nutrition advice (developed with a team of scientists and physicians), and his twenty-one-day lifestyle-changing plan with daily tips for mind, body, and spirit and a relevant smoothie recipe. Jamba Juice Power is filled with Jambaisms-"Do unto your body as you would have it do unto you" (Jambaism #3), health fast-fact sidebars, illustrations, and testimonials, all delivered with the hip, irreverent attitude that has made Jamba Juice a phenomenon.

Author Biography: Kirk Perron is the founder of Jamba Juice, a chain of 350 stores nationwide. Each day, Jamba Juice stores serve up nutritious, all-natural smoothies and juices to thousands of customers. Last year, sales topped $200 million. Perron is the recipient of numerous business awards, has been the subject of a cover story in Inc. magazine, and has been profiled in dozens of newspapers from the San Francisco Chronicle to The Washington Post.

Stan Dembecki is an Emmy-nominated freelance writer.

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The Whole Pregnancy Handbook: An Obstetrician's Guide to the Wise Use of Traditional and Holistic Medicine Before, During and after Pregnancy

Author: Joel M Evans

At last, everything you need to know about the latest in alternative and conventionalhealthcare before, during, and after pregnancy—in one comprehensive, jargon-free guide. Whether you embrace the philosophy that mind, body, and spirit work together to promote good health or you're just looking for a way to have the healthiest, most comfortable pregnancy possible, The Whole Pregnancy Handbook has the information you need to make educated decisions and take charge of your prenatal care. The Whole Pregnancy Handbook features

* Complementary treatments and techniques to improve your pre-conception health and fertility, such as nutritional medicine, mind-body medicine, acupuncture and herbal medicine
* Comprehensive and compassionate information about genetic and prenatal testing
* Techniques such as massage, accupressure, herbal medicine, and mind-body exercises to help you relax and feel more comfortable as your pregnancy progresses
* A fully illustrated chapter on prenatal yoga with pose variations for all three trimesters.
* How your pregnancy unfolds month by month and how you can connect with your baby while you're expecting
* The best practices of doulas and midwives
* The pros and cons of giving birth in a hospital, birthing center, or at home
* Effective pain management for your labor—from epidurals to hypnotherapy
* Everything you need to know about inductions, assisted deliveries, and C- sections
* What happens postpartum—physically and emotionally
* Candid recollections and insights from other moms and patient stories from Dr. Evans's practice, The Center for Women's Health

The Whole Pregnancy Handbook is an informative and reassuring guide that will empower you to combine the best of conventional and alternative medicine with confidence at every stage of pregnancy.

Author Biography: Dr. Joel M. Evans is a practicing integrative OB/GYN and Founder and Director of the Center for Women's Health in Darien, Connecticut. He is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a faculty member at the acclaimed Center for Mind/Body Medicine in Washington, D.C. A leader in the holistic medicine movement who lectures extensively on the subject, Dr. Evans is also a founding diplomate of the American Board of Holistic Medicine.
Robin Aronson is the former editor-in-chief of Parents.com, the website for Parents magazine.

Publishers Weekly

As any pregnant woman knows, there are an overwhelming number of books on the pregnancy resource shelves, and choosing the right one can be trying. Two forces are at work: one conventional, one alternative. Which road to take? Evans has found a solution to the problem by offering a volume that nicely combines both approaches. The author, founder and director of an integrative holistic health center in Fairfield County, Conn., has written a thorough, supportive and comforting pregnancy book that covers preconceptions about health, mind-body medicine and fertility options; the emotional and physical impacts of pregnancy; nutritional needs, exercise, prenatal testing; medical complications, labor and birth (including vaginal births and cesareans); and postpartum. Appendixes suggest books for further reading and music for relaxation and meditation, list Web sites that sell nutritional supplements and botanical medications, explain terms like acupressure and vinyasa, give yoga poses for pregnant women and present readers with the opportunity to record their food, beverage, physical activity and symptoms during pregnancy. This thoughtful book lays out the numerous options available to pregnant women, and is essential reading for those who want to thoroughly savor one of the most fulfilling and transforming phases of life as a parent. Agent, Janis Donnaud. (Apr.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Coauthored by an obstetrician who came to holistic medicine several years into his career and a former editor of Parents.com (the web site for Parents magazine), this carefully planned addition to the pregnancy and childbearing literature also includes contributions from a doula, a nurse midwife, and a practitioner of craniosacral therapy and Reiki. The book's perspective, although grounded in obstetrics and a safety-first approach, is informed by the holistic ethic of treating the whole person, including spiritual and emotional aspects. The idea is to allow the patient to lead the way in care and the natural wisdom of the body to lead the way through childbirth. Alternative treatments, such as herbal medicines and acupuncture, are considered. Oddly, home birth-which many people consider the most important "alternative" approach to mainstream childbirth practice-receives very brief and cautious treatment. Expectant mothers will enjoy this readable and reassuring book and can rely on it for accurate information. Recommended for public libraries. [Deepak Chopra and others' recent Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives offers a more metaphysical perspective on the childbirth experience.-Ed.]-Noemie Maxwell, King Cty. Lib. Syst., WA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:

Foreword vii
Introduction ix
Contributors xv

Part One
1: Holistic Medicine 3
2: First Steps: Preconception Health 13
3: Moving Toward Optimal Preconception Health 22
4: Getting Pregnant 37
5: When Pregnancy Is Delayed: Fertility Tests, Treatments, and Technologies 47
6: Mind-Body Medicine and Fertility 61

Part Two
7: The First Trimester 75
8: First Things: Early Prenatal Care 91
9: The Emotional and Physical World of Early Pregnancy 104
10: A Pregnancy Timeline 126
11: Pregnancyнs Effects 149
12: How to Treat Everyday Illnesses 200
13: Prenatal Nutrition 215
14: Exercise and Pregnancy 249
15: Prenatal Tests 280
16: Living and Working 308
17: Medical Complications of Pregnancy 333
18: Pregnancy Loss 367
19: Preparing for Labor and Birth 388
20: The Last Weeks of Pregnancy 424
21: The Stages of Labor 444
22: Assisted Vaginal Births and Cesareans 472
23: Postpartum 487
Afterword: Personal Reflections 515

Appendices: 1. Resources 521
2. Glossary of CAM Terms 525
3. Prenatal YogaссAdditional Sequences 530
4. BMI Table and Pregnancy Food Journal 535
Acknowledgments 543
Index 545
About the authors 553